Shadowed (6) by Zanetti Rebecca

Author:Zanetti, Rebecca [Zanetti, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, Paranormal, Literature & Fiction
Publisher: eKensington
Published: 2013-10-03T07:00:00+00:00

Brenna smoothed out her expression so Jase wouldn’t know how much he’d just freaked her out. Not that he’d killed, but that he’d done so very calmly and with precision. As a killer, he was damn good.

The water bubbled red around their feet, and she fought the urge to vomit.

A bellow from above caught her attention, and she glanced up to see Talen scaling down the rocks. He hit the ground and grabbed Janie in a hug.

Janie hugged him back. “Don’t be mad, Dad.”

Talen growled low and flipped her around to a piggyback position on his back. “Hold on. We’ll talk about it up top—after I tell your mother.”

Janie groaned.

Two seconds later, they were headed back up the rock.

Brenna swallowed. Two helicopters exploded, their burned carcasses falling into the ocean. Mere heartbeats later, the boat in the distance blew up. Take that, Kurjans.

Jase watched the debris fall and then moved toward her. She couldn’t help but move back. Darn it.

“I told you to stay put,” he growled.

Now he was angry? Great. She set her hands on her hips. She’d thrown plasma at the right time, hadn’t she? Sure, it had been a fluke, considering she was aiming to the left of the Kurjan. But it still worked. “I thought you might need backup.”

“I told you to stay put.” His already hard face hardened further.

“You’re just repeating yourself.”

Wrong thing to say. He ducked a shoulder and tossed her over.

“Hey—” she protested, smacking his back.

“Stop it.” One broad hand clamped around her thigh. “Hold on.” Impressive muscles shifted as he climbed the rocks as easily as any cougar.

Her head smacked his back several times until she finally grabbed him around the waist to steady herself.

Upon reaching the top, he flipped her over. “Not a sound.” Then he listened.

The night had gone silent. Jase tapped his ear communicator.

“What?” Brenna whispered.

His eyes flared, and he pressed a hand over her mouth.

Where was her fire when she needed it? She seemed to be out of juice. Hopefully temporarily.

Then he nodded and released her mouth. “We’re clear.”

Hope and relief made her sway. “We won? They’re all gone?”

He paused. “Yes. We won, and they’re all gone.”

“Good.” For a moment, she’d wondered if the Kurjans would get Janie. “What now?” The second the words left her mouth, she knew they were a mistake.

“Now?” Jase lowered his face to within an inch of hers. “Now we discuss the fact that you disobeyed a direct order.”

She opened her mouth to argue, and he held up a hand.

“No.” He shook his head. “Don’t tell me you’re not a soldier. When it comes to battle, when it comes to safety, you’ll obey every damn order I give. Do. You. Understand?”

Was he forgetting her gifts? She could make bloomin’ fire if she wanted to. Someday she’d be able to control it again. “No.”

He stilled. The air vibrated around him, but he didn’t move. Slowly, his eyes darkened to midnight. “What did you just say?”

A chill skittered down her spine. She swallowed. “I, ah, said, no.

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